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Entrepreneurs Raise $13 Million to ‘Reinvent’ U.S. P/C Insurance with Peer-to-Peer Insurer
Dec 8 2015 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry is about to be tested directly by the sharing economy. Two tech entrepreneurs have raised $13 million in initial funding to launch a peer-to-peer online property/casualty...
PwC UK Raises Desmond Insured Loss Estimates: $375 to $487.5 Million
Dec 8 2015 // Commenting on the impact of Storm Desmond, Mohammad Khan, general insurance leader at PwC UK, stated that the accounting firm’s “current estimate of the damage caused by Storm Desmond is £400 million –...
AIG Reportedly to Raise About $750M From Sale of Shares in China’s PICC P&C
Dec 7 2015 // American International Group is seeking to raise about $750 million by selling part of its stake in China’s state-run PICC Property and Casualty Co. Ltd., according to a term sheet of the deal seen by IFR on...
Delta Lloyd Plans to Raise $1.06 Billion in Rights Offer to Improve Capital Position
Nov 30 2015 // Delta Lloyd NV plans to raise as much as 1 billion euros ($1.06 billion) in a rights offer as the Dutch insurer seeks to improve its capital to meet new regulatory standards. The shares dropped. “We realize this is a...
Japan Post’s IPO Raises $12B in Country’s Biggest Privatization Since 1987
Nov 4 2015 // Japan Post Holdings and its two financial units burst out of the gate with gains of 16 to 33 percent on debut on Wednesday, after the government raised $12 billion from the triple IPO in Japan’s biggest privatization...
Insurance Industry, IICF Raise $70K-Plus for Central Texas Flood Victims
Oct 16 2015 // Central Texas may currently be under drought conditions and suffering from elevated wildfire risk but merely months ago the situation was just the opposite. In May, the Austin and Central Texas areas were deluged with...
Japan Post’s IPO Fully Subscribed After Two Days; at Least $10B to Be Raised
Oct 14 2015 // Japan’s government received orders for all the shares it’s offering in Japan Post Holdings Co. and its banking and insurance units after the first two days of bookbuilding, people with knowledge of the matter...
Japan Post’s IPO Listings – Which Include Insurer Unit – Could Raise Nearly $12B
Oct 7 2015 // State-owned Japan Post on Wednesday set indicative price ranges for a trio of initial public offerings in what it hopes to make a ‘must-have’, $12 billion privatization, Japan’s biggest in three...
ACE Offers Cover for Private Equity/Venture Capital Firms in Hong Kong, Singapore
Oct 2 2015 // ACE Group has launched Private Equity and Venture Capital Liability Insurance in Hong Kong and Singapore. The product aims to address the evolving regulatory and volatile economic environments as well as increasingly...
XL Innovate, XL Group’s Venture Capital Company, Acquires New Energy Risk
Oct 2 2015 // Dublin-based XL Group plc announced that XL Innovate*, the venture capital fund sponsored by the company, has acquired all of the shares of New Energy Risk Inc. “New Energy Risk has developed and delivered to the...
China’s Fosun to Raise $1.5 Billion to Fund Insurance & Banking Acquisitions
Sep 11 2015 // Fosun International Ltd., Chinese billionaire Guo Guangchang’s conglomerate that has bought insurers and real estate around the world, proposed raising HK$11.7 billion ($1.5 billion) in a rights offer to fund its...
Nationwide Insurance to Raise Its Minimum Hourly Wage to $15
Sep 9 2015 // Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Mutual Insurance said it will raise its minimum pay rate to $15 per hour over the next nine months. The change affects approximately 900 current employees across 25 locations for jobs in...
Brazil Insurer Caixa Seguridade, Reinsurer IRB Plan IPOs to Raise $3.6 Billion
Aug 26 2015 // Brazilian insurer Caixa Seguridade Participações SA and reinsurer IRB Brasil RE SA on Tuesday filed plans for initial public offerings that their shareholders expect to raise a combined 13 billion reais ($3.6 billion)...
Update: Delta Lloyd’s $588 Million First Half Loss Raises Capital Concerns
Aug 11 2015 // Delta Lloyd NV fell the most on record after interest-rate hedging and declines in bonds spurred a first-half loss, raising concern the Dutch insurer may need to raise capital. The shares fell 20 percent to 13.17 euros at...
Alibaba-Backed Insurer Raises $934M From Investors Including Morgan Stanley
Jun 19 2015 // Zhong An Online Property & Casualty Insurance Co., a Chinese online insurer part owned by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., said it raised 5.8 billion yuan ($934 million) from investors including Morgan Stanley. The...
China’s Fosun Plans to Raise $1 Billion to Fund Insurance Industry Acquisitions
May 11 2015 // Fosun International Ltd., the Chinese conglomerate that’s been buying insurers and property overseas, plans to raise $1 billion partly to fund acquisitions in the insurance industry. The company will sell the shares...
China Taiping Insurance Plans to Raise $1.7 Billion in Private Share Sale
May 7 2015 // China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co. plans to raise HK$13.5 billion ($1.7 billion) in a private share sale after its stock price more than doubled in the past year. The insurer will sell 486 million shares at HK$27.74 a...
Ironshore to Raise Capacity Limits to $50M for Builder’s Risk Property Products
May 5 2015 // Bermuda-based Ironshore Inc. announced its global property division will raise capacity limits for builder’s risk products to $50 million, an increase from the current $35 million limit, effective...
Ironshore Global Property Raises Energy Sector Capacity Limits to $35 Million
Apr 14 2015 // Bermuda-based Ironshore Inc. announced that its Global Property Energy division will increase its capacity limits from $25 million to up to $35 million, effective April 2015. Ironshore said the increase would “be...
XL Group Creates Venture Capital Fund, XL Innovate; Hutton Named as Head
Apr 2 2015 // XL Group plc announced the creation of XL Innovate, an XL-sponsored venture capital initiative. The new fund will be led by Tom Hutton, a past director of XL who has a history of creating successful insurance and financial...
